#Daniel Witwicky

[spacemothsota]

Cyberform AU - Part 2

The process of cyberformation.

Warning: this post was created in collaboration with my friend who is studying to become a doctor, so there are unpleasant descriptions. If you are sensitive to themes of blood, pain and body horror, better not read (I'm serious guys, this is not for the soul of a delicate organization. I love you, so I warn you)

1. Infection.

As I wrote in the previous post, the first stage is essentially the easiest. It is more of a cultural aspect and tradition, in which the Cybertronian gets consent from the person (or other organic being) of his choice. (In my opinion, the process of cyberforming representatives of organic species was formed during the time of Cybertron's space expansions. And although not many representatives underwent this, the tradition was recorded and accepted).

It is assumed that the Cybertronian knows the person well in order to guide him through this process. To some extent, the organic must be "worthy" of this, for outstanding deeds this can be either a desire to fight on the side of the Cybertronian, or simply unique skills such as intelligence, leadership, courage and much more. It is considered strange to make a complete stranger a part of your people.

The Cybertronian hides his question about joining with something that is probably of interest to his friend. Having received consent, he acts, starting to treat the person with food, in which nanites are added.

– Nanites in the infection stage are aimed at infecting bone marrow (various hematopoietic shoots) – Capture by the human immune system (then the body does not perceive nanites as foreign particles, it perceives them as parts of itself) – The blood shows a picture of acute leukemia (while the immune system and bone marrow are absorbing and capturing it)

2. The first stage.

At this stage, everything is quite harmless, in fact, the person does not feel any negative reactions from what is happening to him. The person may not realize that in principle something has changed.

The Cybertronian who is taking his friend through this becomes more protective, monitors the proper nutrition and sleep patterns of the ward. He also informs other willing Cybertronians (not enemies, but allies, of course) that they can participate by donating their nanites (besides, it looks less suspicious that several bots are taking care of their human friend).

The person noticeably feels healthier and more active, since the nanites improve the body for the subsequent stages. This is necessary so that there are no negative consequences for the health of the new body. This stage can last from 2-3 months, depending on the state of health of the person.

— Blood will be normal (the picture of acute leukemia disappears) + improvement of well-being (masking) — Autoimmune diseases and other illnesses no longer bother a person, nanites work to improve the body. A person can be faster and more active during this period. — Decreased hormone levels, minus vitamins and macronutrients — Disappearance of menstruation

3. The second stage.

At this stage, the person begins to feel the effects of nanites on their body. The person still retains mobility, but may feel discomfort and tire quickly. During this period, care from a fellow Cybertronian is especially appreciated, as the person thinks that he is sick. Cybertronians give metals and energon, carefully hiding or disguising them (necessary for further development).

It is obvious that deterioration in health can be noticed by other people who are not very connected with Cybertronians, attempts at outside help will be perceived slightly negatively (an understatement). The Transformer knows what is happening and will be against human doctors trying to treat it, so they become more aggressive, territorial. They claim that they are able to help their ally and drive human doctors away so that their actions are not revealed.

The person spends most of the time at the base under the care of his Cybertronian friend. He usually tries to carefully prepare the person for the last painful stage, calming him down in various ways and preparing a comfort zone.

– Fatigue, weakness, lethargy, headaches appear (asthenic syndrome) – Spark formation - damage to the heart and chest – The first stage of cyberforming the brain into a processor – Pain in the heart area and pain in the joints – Potassium and calcium (rest in peace) – Change in diet (distortion of taste preferences) + lack of urination – There is practically no blood under the microscope.

4. The final stage (Body Horror).

At this stage, the Cybertronian usually isolates the person from other representatives of his species in a safe, closed and comfortable place. Due to the pain, the person is immobile, lying down most of the time. Obviously, he is afraid, reaches out to the one who provides him with comfort and is completely dumbfounded. The Cybertronians continue to give metals and energon, which are necessary for the human body at this stage (human food is no longer suitable and is not given).

Around this time, the cyberforming person begins to think that everything is happening in a strange sequence. People who stand out for their intelligence and logic usually understand what is happening at the second stage, this can lead to a quarrel with a friend and subsequent resignation to the situation (the process cannot be reversed).

The person does not have the strength to fight what is happening, he completely needs care and depends on the Cybertronian. People who are not close to the Cybertronians obviously keep their distance from them, so as not to injure either them or the cyberforming ones. The person "magically" disappears from the public eye, so to speak.

— Cramps, joint pain, fever — Mental disorders (phantom sensations) — Cyberformation of the intestinal tube (intestines, esophagus, etc.), teeth, the second stage of transformation of the brain into a processor. — The exit of unnecessary organs through organs through natural openings, what cannot exit is devoured by nanites and divided into necessary elements (minus: liver, kidneys, pancreas and much more). The skin changes color. — Vision problems appear due to the formation of the processor (cyberformation in optics) — By this stage, the person is blind, deaf and dumb (a doctor friend said that the person goes crazy from this, so the Cybertronians rush to transfer the person to another place for the last stage)

5. Pre-bot (already practically a transformer).

The person is moved to a safe, protected area under the supervision of Cybertronian doctors, where there are all the necessary materials for the final stage. As a rule, the person does not remember this stage, he is in a state of sleep, very comfortable. Under the care and attention of doctors, he has nothing to fear.

Although there may be a kind of competition between Cybertronians (up to a fight), who exactly will be the subsequent guardian of the cyberformed. Even someone who did not donate their nanites can become a guardian, but this is usually not allowed (a person must trust his guardian, so that later it is easier to integrate into the society of bots).

- Moving a person into an environment saturated with energon, in the process a flask with energon + cybertronian metals are added (if they are absent - earthly alternatives) - Exoskeleton growth, armor formation (flasks change during growth) - Formation of the body according to the individual characteristics of the future Cybertronian (considered "forged") - Completion of the formation of the brain module, processor (Completion of all processes of cyberformation of organs. Eyes = Optics, Ears = Audio sensors, etc.) - Safe incubation - The person does not remember the stage of blindness, deafness, dumbness and the feeling of discomfort from the process.

Awakening: – The cyberformed one wakes up when he becomes a full-fledged bot, the first one he sees will be his guardian (Here, as with ducklings, the first parent, friend, relative seen. The main thing is that the person mostly trusts this Cybertronian, then the process of integration and socialization into the society of bots is simpler).

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Q&A1

[himulrai]

with this the spike trilogy comes to a close

previous here!

I have really bad art block atm my posts are gonna be even MORE rushed and staggered than usual I'm so sorry😕

[tossawary]

I really can't remember everything from the 1986 movie or G1 S3, but... I don't really remember Rodimus talking much about his life prior to becoming the Prime. If we're taking lore SOLELY from the show and movie, given how often G1 just had the Autobots or Decepticons just Build New Guys, I don't think it's too unreasonable for some casual (or forgetful, idk) fan to assume that Hot Rod was built on Earth in the time skip period between S2 and the movie. You could totally do an AU interpretation where Rodimus and Daniel are the same age or close to it.

Some Autobot back on Cybertron: "When was this new Prime constructed? I don't recall meeting him before."

Rodimus: "I'm ten."

Some Autobot: "Ten what? Ten million? You wear your years extremely well, then. You can't possibly be only ten thousand, that's much too young for a Prime-"

Rodimus: "Just ten years old, buddy."

Some Autobot: "..."

Rodimus: "And trust me, every single one of them has sucked ass enough for a million. Are we doing these super important galactic politics today or what?"

Some Autobot: "I have energon stones in my filtration tanks that are older than you."

Rodimus: "Yeah, and I have to go beat the shit out of some Quintessons with my bare hands later, AND I still need to squeeze my daily crisis of depression, guilt, and self-loathing in somewhere because Ultra Magnus says I'm not allowed to put it on the official schedule anymore. Are we having this meeting or not? I'm a busy guy."

[energonshot]

i got some nice comments in the tags of my other hot rod and daniel post, so it inspired me to make some more doodles! here's roddy meeting baby daniel for the first time

[arceespinkgun]

ooo can you explain what you mean by kup & hot rod being the id & ego to arcees superego?

Sure, I loved the three of them! Keep in-mind this is kinda excepting Arcee's two pretty horrible introduction stories (well, this reading still works with her actual behavior and personality in them and how that could have developed, but the narrative framing which sucks doesn't necessarily. Furman's treatment of Arcee reminds me of people who claim to be "colorblind" about race and claim we should all ignore it, but then ignore all systemic inequalities that exist in reality... his work reminds me of that but specifically about womanhood). This post is also going to contain major spoilers.

In the arc Time Wars, Arcee is out scouting the Decepticons who are going to drain energy from the Earth. She's wondering where the others are and would rather not fight all the Decepticons herself, but she will if she has to. Kup lets Rodimus Prime know about what she's found out and is incensed that he isn't doing anything about it, but Rodimus doesn't want to thwart it because he knows all of space-time is falling apart. But because of Daniel and Spike, eventually Rodimus relents and sends Kup with a squad to go help her. Arcee is connected to Earth's continued safety (makes sense since she was made there) and a higher sort of morality. Ultimately it's Rodimus that has to be appealed to here since he's the Autobots' leader.

In the Aspects of Evil arc, Galvatron tries to goad Rodimus into killing him in order to turn the Matrix back to the side of evil (this is connected to plot points that occurred with it previously, the Matrix being corrupted somehow happens multiple times in this continuity). Arcee is like, can't you see what Galvatron is trying to do? While Kup is like, who cares, Rodimus should go ahead and kill that monster already!

Ultimately, Arcee gets through to Rodimus.

In issue #252, Arcee gets Kup to calm down while they're look for a saboteur, and note that she initially assumes it has to be a Decepticon who sabotaged the ship, not an Autobot:

However, when it turns out it's Rodimus himself who was trying to kill everyone, since Unicron has indeed ended up taking over the Matrix and Rodimus's body, Arcee doesn't want to stand for Kup's emotional stalling while people get destroyed around them.

Kup is so attached to Rodimus, he doesn't want to potentially kill him, but Arcee is actually correct for questioning this. Because Kup's decisions to try and save Rodimus ends up preserving Unicron's existence in the end.

I would love to see these three characters as a trio again, they lend themselves to so many interesting scenarios, and actually appealing to higher morals regardless of if it comes at personal expense and sounds overly compassionate or may even sound a little brutal is one of my favorite aspects of Arcee. She has a somewhat unique perspective on a lot of situations. When it comes to her being part of the team with Rodimus and Kup, it's also an interesting dynamic since she's a lot younger than they are, wasn't built on Cybertron, and Rodimus and Kup have such an established bond.

[meme-meupthotty]

Season 3 dialogue takes deadpan humor to a whole new level

Transformers: Generation 1 — Season 3, Episode 8 — Dark Awakening

[rupertholmes]

rc screenshot redraws

[traitor-mobile]

generational family

[soundwavesopretty]

[awesome-normal-heroes]

I wish they were all friends!

[kairukitsuneo]

Hot Rod got in trouble again

[spacemothsota]

Cyberform AU - Part 3

Commune "Diego Garcia" (Autobot base for Cyberformed allies).

Warning: Attention: in this AU, all human allies of the Autobots are in the same universe (reality), for the sake of their psychological well-being.

The human government is not particularly happy about the fact that Cybertronians can change humans. It is quite logical that this scares them, fortunately the Autobots and Decepticons are not very inclined to cyberform just anyone.

In fact, the government was largely unaware of this until 1984 (or later) when Sparkplug and Spike were reported "disappearing" (that's right, they were the first). Also, the Autobots became more protective and closed during the disappearance period, not allowing human agents into part of the ARC. This behavior and unwanted questions created a couple of unpleasant incidents (Optimus was not very happy, he had to regulate the resulting friction and calm everyone down, although he knew what was going on). Later, when the "new bots" appeared for special agents and later the government, the puzzle came together. It was not difficult, since the former humans were still less accustomed to the new realities of their lives, they willingly used human terms, concepts and names. In addition, the Autobots began to request human items, such as pillows and blankets, the size of a Cybertronian. (All in the name of adaptation, so that it would be easier for a person to gradually get used to the new, plus old familiar things were gradually replaced with Cybertronian ones, a slow transition did not allow the former people to get nervous once again).

This was shocking, but it was decided to hide this information, firstly, not to cause panic among the public, and secondly, there were few cyberformed humans, it was easier to turn a blind eye to the disappearance of a couple of people than to question a politically (and not only) advantageous alliance. In addition, the government believed that it could use former people against the Autobots themselves in case of danger (later this resulted in an extremely unpleasant situation for the cyberformed, due to which they quickly left Earth and moved to Cybertron).

It was decided to give the Autobots another place for this process, so as not to disturb the agents and not to cause unnecessary conflicts (the protective nature of the Cybertronians at some stages was quite unpleasant for the joint work of people and bots).

Diego Garcia Island: It is a former military base, but it was completely given to the Autobots to develop it and keep the cyberformed away from the public eye until they are ready to keep their secret. And so that the cyberforming process does not traumatize other people who are not so close to the Cybertronians ("What is not there, does not exist / there are no witnesses, no victims" - said the human government and pointed towards the island).

If a human ally gets to the island, then a special department cleans up all paper or other sources about this person, erasing them from the system as if such a person never existed, since he will not return to the world of people. Sometimes you have to bribe people, but usually threats and money are enough to make them keep quiet. The old data that is not deleted is sent to the island for the cyberformed themselves.

On Diego Garcia, the Cyberform Commune was created, they have their own leader, a management system, they also work to preserve important cultural parts of their lives. In the commune, former humans undergo final processes and treatment (they receive support from those who have already gone through this). They receive an education from the Autobots and a profession if possible (if their human profession has a Cybertronian equivalent). The commune is mostly subordinate to Optimus and other high-ranking Autobots (they mostly do not participate in combat missions, the Autobots collectively decided that their comrades are not yet mentally ready for such things, although some enthusiasts show a desire to fight side by side. However, there are exceptions). Diego Garcia, in a way, serves as a support function for the Autobots, there is also a large laboratory with a medical bay.

In a way, Diego Garcia is practically a Cybertronian city, a small settlement by human standards. Access there is mainly through the air, a ship or a space bridge.

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To understand what Cyberform AU is: Q&A1 Character List

[uselessalexis165]

Saw some people making their own little AU/continuities, so that inspired me to make another Transformers AU cuz why not!

I���m still not good at naming things, so for right now, I’m calling it Transformers: Peace Days

-AU Information so far-

(Ideas may change later on)

Takes place in 2043

Mostly G1 adjacent like Earthspark, but not hundred percent lore accurate

Follows Harper and Mercury Witwicky, twins of Daniel Witwicky

War is over and Cybertron is fully restored, the Decepticons are defeated, but still out there

-Some character information stuff-

♡︎ Harper Witwicky ♡︎

Age: 17

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Queer

Family: Daniel Witwicky (father), Catherine Witwicky (mother), Mercury Witwicky (younger twin sibling)

Bot associations: Arcee and Aileron

♡ Mercury Witwicky ♡

Birth name: Juliette Witwicky

Age: 17

Pronouns: They/Them

Sexuality: Lesbian

Family: Daniel Witwicky (father), Catherine Witwicky (mother), Harper Witwicky (older twin sibling)

Bot associations: Arcee, Aileron, Rumble and her siblings

-After a lot of growing up, Daniel became a better person and is a very supportive father to his kids

-Harper helped Mercury come out to their family, two years before the main events of the AU

Daniel was supportive and proud of Mercury for telling them, but Catherine wasn’t

When Mercury came out, this caused a rift between their relationship

Due to this, Harper hasn’t told her mom that she is also queer

Mercury, Daniel and the rest of the family knows this, expect for Catherine

Harper secretly blames herself for Mercury and their mom’s relationship falling apart

-Both Harper and Mercury’s both share pink and orange in their color palette to represent their connect to Acree and Aileron

Acree and Aileron both act as mother figures to the twins, just like Acree was with Daniel when he was younger

-Harper is seen as the Autobot associated sister

Characters who are morally good

Characters who need genuine help

-Mercury is seen as the Decepticon associated sibling

Characters who are struggling through life (family issues, adjusting after the war, etc)

Decepticons who want to reform, or are just tired of fighting

Characters who were Decepticons in other continuities, but aren’t in this AU

Anti-heroes, Rebels, etc

-Like Harper and Mercury, each of the Witwicky family (except for Catherine) also have bots associated with them

Spike is associated with Bumblebee

Carly is associated with Bumblebee and Ironhide

Daniel is associated with Hot Rod, Arcee and Wheelie

When Sparkplug was alive he was associated with Optimus Prime (father figures)

-During the main events of the AU, Mercury befriends Rumble, after she saves them from being punched out onto a busy street by their school bully, Brady

Rumble saves them in a human disguise as to not be recognized by others

-Rumble and her family returned to Earth as a last resort of a surprise attack ordered by Megatron

They’ve been waiting for Megatron to return with a army that he promises will help reclaim Cybertron for all of Decepticon kind

Megatron wanted them on Earth, that way he can have his people already there to start an attack when he commands it. Take out Earth, crushing everything the Autobots love there, use Space Bridge to get to Cybertron

They’ve been hiding out on Earth for at least 38 stellar cycles

The whole family are tired of fighting, but Megatron and any other Cons still associated with the cause, don’t know this

They have to stay on Earth not just via orders, but for Soundwave’s missing Cassettes

Ravage, Lazerbeak, Rumble and Frenzy are the last remaining 4 Cassettes that haven’t went missing. The other 18 went missing while on fuel and data retrievals

Soundwave knows that the other 18 are still somewhere out there, they have a link to all their Cassettes, being able to still feel their sparks

The missing Cassettes have been kidnapped by an “unknown” assailant

[tinyirnfistforever]

The humans because somebody gave a crap about them.

[energonshot]

a boy's best friends

[jalaguy]

"Contradiction" - a short Transformers comic

Inspired by @thewadapan's call to action in his concluding essay for the @transformers-mosaic archival project, here's an original Mosaic-style strip! Hope you enjoy, and check after the break for commentary!

The secret origin of this comic is that on the last day of TFNation 2024, my pal and longtime TFN roomie Wadapan dropped a concluding essay for his project archiving the entirety of the Transformers: Mosaic short-form fan-comic project. Sunday night goes pretty late at TFN, and gone midnight, many rum'n'cokes deep, I wound up reading Wads' words on my phone in bed while he was brushing his teeth a few metres away.

At the end of the article, he called upon the reader to create their own one-page comic, and inspiration genuinely wound up striking me there in bed! I successfully remembered the idea in the morning, wrote a script on my notes app on the train home, and then scrawled a tiny thumbnail layout for the comic on a post-it when I got home. I then... let five months get away from me. But now I've deployed my (foolish) vector illustration platform of choice, Microsoft PowerPoint, and made the damn thing!

Some director's commentary:

So obviously the big influences here are Budiansky’s take on Headmastering, The Rebirth’s partnering of Arcee and Daniel, and IDW1 Arcee’s story (and swords). I figure it takes place in a unique continuity amalgamating elements of all three. The Budiansky Headmaster material is all about “wouldn’t it be fucked up if a human had to take on the role of a robot and fight in the robot war?”, really focusing on the humans literally having to be their partners. Since Marvel is largely Just Blokes though, that never extends to anyone having to embody a robot with a different gender presentation, while the cartoon has Arcee and Daniel partnered, but doesn’t really touch on the psychology of Headmastering at all. So take “what if Arcee and Daniel partnered under Marvel rules?”, add Arcee’s transness from modern fiction, and your get Danielle realising something about herself!

The phrasing “from the diary of” is, I think, probably inspired by the “From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker” tagline used on the earliest Star Wars novels – I had a beat-up old copy of the SW77 novelisation from a car-boot sale as a kid that I loved.

The shapes in the first three panels are largely drawn as polygons, while Danielle is drawn mostly using smooth curves!

Here’s the incredibly rough post-it note thumbnail I drew last year: